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Yahoo News |
6:34am PDT |
ICC to seek arrest of Sudan's Beshir: report
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Prosecutors on the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir next week for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, reports said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:23am PDT |
Reuters seeks U.S. army video of staff killed in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Reuters has urged the U.S. military to
hand over video footage from U.S. attack helicopters and other
materials relating to the killing of two Iraqi staff in Baghdad
a year ago. |
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Yahoo News |
6:21am PDT |
U.S. air strike kills 47 civilians: official
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. coalition force
air strike on Sunday killed 47 civilians, including 39 women
and children, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, an Afghan
official said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:19am PDT |
Olivia Newton-John ties the knot |
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Cnn.com |
6:18am PDT |
Glenn Beck: What's right with America |
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Summary: A few days before the Fourth of July, I read a column in The Philadelphia Inquirer that said America didn't deserve to celebrate its independence this year.
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ChristianPost |
6:15am PDT |
Prepping Kids for Sex Change |
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Summary: He has been called ?demonic,? ?barbaric,? and has been compared to Nazi doctors. And when you read about his work, it is easy to see why Americans are so outraged. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06am PDT |
Shooting casts shadow over NKorean disarmament talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Envoys to North Korean nuclear disarmament talks made progress here Friday, officials said, but the killing of a South Korean tourist by a soldier from the North cast a shadow over the proceedings. |
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ChristianToday |
6:02am PDT |
Gay man files 70m suit against Bible publishers over homosexual verses |
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Summary: A homosexual man has filed a 70 million lawsuit against Bible publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson alleging that their version of the Bible that refers to homosexuality as a sin violates his constitutional rights and has caused him emotional distress |
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ChristianPost |
5:58am PDT |
Episcopal Head Ready for Challenging Face-to-Face Talks |
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Summary: Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was installed as head of the U.S. church less than two years ago, inheriting a mess not of her own making. |
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ChristianPost |
5:54am PDT |
Lutherans Praise Anglican Support for Women Bishops |
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Summary: The Church of Norway praised the recent decision by the Church of England to allow women bishops, as both sides of the vote remain deeply divided. "The Church of England has taken a bold and mature action knowing well the immediate costs involved." |
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Yahoo News |
5:51am PDT |
Firefighters renew attack on E. Washington fires
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters renewed the battle at daybreak against wildfires that have destroyed eight homes in Spokane Valley and burned thousands of acres in other parts of Eastern Washington. |
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Yahoo News |
5:44am PDT |
Court to rule on Mexico bid to halt U.S. executions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The World Court said on Friday it
will rule next week on a Mexican request that it seek a delay
of the imminent U.S. executions of five of its citizens, who
Mexico argues were denied consular assistance. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
Crouch seals £11m Portsmouth move |
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Summary: Peter Crouch signs for Portsmouth from Liverpool in a deal that could be worth up to £11m. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
Crouch completes Portsmouth move |
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Summary: Peter Crouch signs for Portsmouth from Liverpool in a deal that could be worth up to £11m. |
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BBC News |
5:33am PDT |
Chapel gutted by fire demolished |
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Summary: A seaside town's historic chapel faces demolition after a blaze leaves it unstable. |
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ChristianToday |
5:25am PDT |
Evangelical Alliance welcomes ruling in favour of Christian registrar |
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Summary: The Evangelical Alliance has hailed an employment tribunals ruling in favour of a Christian registrar a triumph for the place of conscience in public duties |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Olmert corruption probe widened |
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Summary: An investigation into allegations of corruption against the Israeli PM is being widened to look at whether he committed fraud. |
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ChristianPost |
5:19am PDT |
Zimbabwe Parties Hold First Talks Since Election |
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Summary: Zimbabwe?s two rival political parties entered their second day of talks on Friday following last month?s ?sham? presidential runoff election. |
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BBC News |
5:17am PDT |
Storm in a DD cup? M&S defends 'tax on bigger bras' |
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Summary: Marks & Spencer defends a policy of charging extra on some of its bras bigger than a size DD. |
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BBC News |
5:12am PDT |
21 July plotter's fiancee jailed |
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Summary: The fiancee of failed 21 July bomber Yassin Omar is jailed for three years for helping him to escape in a burka. |
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Yahoo News |
5:06am PDT |
ICC to seek arrest of Sudan's Beshir
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The International Criminal Court is to seek an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir next week for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, reports said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:05am PDT |
Freddie & Fannie shares plummet premarket
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shares of Freddie Mac dropped 35 percent and shares of Fannie Mae tumbled 27 percent in premarket trading Friday as Wall Street continued to worry about the health of the mortgage companies and the potential for a government takeover. |
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Yahoo News |
5:03am PDT |
Government mulls Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac takeover: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. government is considering
taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if their
funding problems worsen, the New York Times said on Friday,
causing shares of the mortgage finance companies to plunge. |
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Yahoo News |
5:03am PDT |
Lebanon agrees national unity government
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lebanese leaders agreed on a unity
government on Friday that gave Hezbollah and its allies a
blocking minority as agreed under a deal that ended a
paralyzing political conflict in the country. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59am PDT |
Apple iPhone goes on sale with smoke and cheers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers who had waited in lines around a city block and happily counted down the final 30 seconds before launch. |
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Cnn.com |
4:54am PDT |
Hurricane Bertha chugs toward Bermuda |
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Summary: Hurricane Bertha, a Category 1 storm, was causing large swells and high surf on Bermuda beaches Friday morning as it crept toward the Atlantic island.
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BBC News |
4:52am PDT |
Seoul softens stance on N Korea |
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Summary: In a policy U-turn, South Korea's president suggests reviving direct talks with North Korea, as six-party talks continue. |
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Cnn.com |
4:51am PDT |
Gasoline prices slip again |
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Summary: Gasoline prices continued to fall overnight from the record high touched earlier in the week, a daily survey from auto club AAA showed Friday.
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Cnn.com |
4:50am PDT |
Ex-hostages detail horrors of captivity |
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Summary: The three Americans rescued last week from the Colombian jungle carried with them small mementos of their 5½ years as hostages -- a metal lock, a bullet, a chessboard. The men said the items are reminders of years spent in chains, an ordeal they described |
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BBC News |
4:39am PDT |
Labour launches attack on Davis |
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Summary: A minister attacks Tory by-election winner David Davis, comparing him to cartoon character Homer Simpson. |
